Redshift of few-cycle infrared pulses in the filamentation regime

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ahmad, I ^a   Berge L ^b   Major Zs , ^a,c   Krausz, F ^a,c   Karsch, S ^a,c   Trushin, S A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b CEA DAM DIF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEW-CYCLE; FILAMENTATION; INFRARED PULSE; KERR SELF-FOCUSING; LEADING EDGE; LONG-WAVELENGTH TAIL; LOW ENERGIES; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PLASMA GENERATION; PULSE DURATIONS; RED SHIFT; STRONG DISPERSION; SUPERCONTINUUM; TEMPORAL PROFILE;

EID: 80053411316     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/9/093005     Document Type: Article

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